Dana Ivey
Acting
Born: 1941-08-12 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Biography
Dana Ivey (born August 12, 1941) is an American actress. She is a five-time Tony Award nominee for her work on Broadway, and won the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her work in both Sex and Longing and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. She originated the title role in Driving Miss Daisy and was nominated for a Drama Desk award for Best Actress in a Play. Her film appearances include The Color Purple (1985), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), The Addams Family (1991), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Addams Family Values (1993), Two Weeks Notice (2002), Rush Hour 3 (2007), and The Help (2011).
Known For
Law & Order
Shore
Frasier
Ms. Langer
Monk
Mrs. Eels
Boardwalk Empire
Mrs. McGarry
Sex and the City
Trudy Stork
The Practice
Judge Natalie Brown
Great Performances
Lady Ariadne Utterword
Great Performances
Gertrude
Oz
Patricia Nathan
Madam Secretary
Nelly Conlon
Homicide: Life on the Street
Margie Bolander
American Playhouse
Yvonne / Naomi Eisen
Ugly Betty
Roberta
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Desk Clerk
The Help
Gracie Higginbotham
Ocean's Eight
Diana
Rush Hour 3
Sister Agnes
The Addams Family
Margaret Alford
Addams Family Values
Margaret Addams
Sleepless in Seattle
Claire
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Libby Hauser
Two Weeks Notice
Ruth Kelson
The Color Purple
Miss Millie
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Mrs. Reed
Sabrina
Mack
Ghost Town
Marjorie Pickthall
The Kid
Dr. Alexander
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Trish Pinger
The Scarlet Letter
Meredith Stonehall
Orange County
Vera Gantner
Explorers
Mrs. Müller
Easy Street
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Widow Douglas
Heartburn
Wedding Speaker
Simon Birch
Grandmother Wenteworth
The Leisure Seeker
Lillian
Another Woman
Engagement Party Guest
Postcards from the Edge
Wardrobe Mistress
